linux-kernel - Re: 3.9-rc1 regression in arm dtb build

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Message-ID: <20130307143924.GA7344@amd.pavel.ucw.cz>
Date:	Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:39:24 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	arnd@...db.de, olof@...om.net,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, grant.likely@...retlab.ca,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 3.9-rc1 regression in arm dtb build

On Wed 2013-03-06 20:45:57, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Pavel Machek,
> 
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:33:32 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > Moves dtb files from arch/arm/boot/ to arch/arm/boot/dtb. That causes
> > several problems:
> > 
> > 1) it is inconsistent with 3.8, making switching between 3.9-rc1 and
> > 3.8 tricky
> 
> The commit you're pointing to was part of 3.8, and so the dtb move to
> arch/arm/boot/dts/ is already here since quite a bit of time. At least,
> it's not something you introduced in 3.9-rc1.

Aha, so I guess it changed between 3.7 and 3.8... Anyway, perhaps it
is best to revert it now and treat it as a bug than having everyone
learn that 3.7- has it one way and 3.8+ different?
									Pavel
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